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hirsute

[ hur-soot, hur-soot ]

adjective

  1. hairy; shaggy.

    Synonyms: unshaved, furry, woolly, bushy, bearded, pilose

  2. Botany, Zoology. covered with long, rather stiff hairs.
  3. of, relating to, or characteristic of hair.


hirsute

/ ˈhɜːsjuːt /

adjective

  1. covered with hair
  2. (of plants or their parts) covered with long but not stiff hairs
  3. (of a person) having long, thick, or untrimmed hair
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈhirsuteness, noun
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Other Words From

  • hirsute·ness noun
  • sub·hirsute adjective
  • sub·hirsute·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hirsute1

1615–25; < Latin hirsūtus rough, shaggy, bristly; akin to horrid
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hirsute1

C17: from Latin hirsūtus shaggy; related to Latin horrēre to bristle, hirtus hairy; see horrid
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Example Sentences

Spokesman and prominent letter writer Keith Flett says the group is "continuing to review Prince William's latest beard and assessing if it is contributing to a positive image of the hirsute in the public eye".

From BBC

Predators and poisonous fungi threaten the unwary, but these hirsute hillocks are mostly a danger to themselves — as the alpha will learn when he seems bent on visiting his lust on a hungry mountain lion.

Other scientific studies have attributed the impact of bison activity to reducing plant diversity, damaging endemic plants and tree species like oak trees, and spreading non-native plant seeds through their hirsute coats and droppings.

There’s just one problem: a certain hirsute fact from topology mandates that isotropic antennas can’t exist.

Mr. Grossman photographed the hirsute quartet juxtaposed against a jungle of television cameras, amplifiers and other backstage impedimenta, and he shot from the balcony to capture their electrifying effect on the audience.

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